1B Kevin Cornelius, who seemed to be hitting a homer a day for Rookie Pulaski, has been bumped up to High-A Tampa, the team announced. He hit six homers in 13 games with Pulaski, including five in his last seven games.
Triple-A Scranton (6-5 loss to Buffalo)
- CF Ben Gamel: 1-4, 1 K
- LF Aaron Judge: 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 E (throwing)
- 1B Ike Davis: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB
- DH Tyler Austin: 2-4, 1 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI — 17-for-53 (.321) with seven doubles and five homers in his last 13 games, and there’s an 0-for-12 slump mixed in there
- RF Jake Cave: 1-4, 2 K
- RHP Diego Moreno: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 4/3 GB/FB — 46 of 74 pitches were strikes (62%)
- LHP Tyler Webb: 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 1 Balk, 5/1 GB/FB — 27 of 39 pitches were strikes (69%) … 52/12 K/BB in 48.2 innings
- RHP Kirby Yates: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0/1 GB/FB — nine of 16 pitches were strikes
Double-A Trenton (2-1 win over Bowie)
- DH Tyler Wade & CF Dustin Fowler: both 1-5 — Wade struck out twice
- C Kyle Higashioka: 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K — 12 homers in his last 26 games
- 3B Miguel Andujar: 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — had been in a 2-for-22 (.091) slump
- LHP Jordan Montgomery: 7 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 11/4 GB/FB — 60 of 97 pitches were strikes (62%) … 77/30 K/BB with a 2.47 ERA in 87.1 innings … have to think he’ll finish the season in Scranton
- RHP Jonathan Holder: 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 HB, 3/0 GB/FB — 24 of 33 pitches were strikes (73%)
High-A Tampa (4-1 win over Lakeland)
- DH Mason Williams: 1-4 — fifth rehab game and he’s yet to play the field
- LF Trey Amburgey: 1-4
- CF Austin Aune: 0-4, 1 K
- SS Abi Avelino: 1-4, 1 R, 1 K
- 2B Thairo Estrada: 2-3, 2 R — 9-for-18 in his last five games
- 1B Kevin Cornelius: 1-2, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K — new level? no problem
- LHP James Reeves: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 5/0 GB/FB — 40 of 60 pitches were strikes (67%) … 74/20 K/BB in 56 innings
- RHP Jordan Foley: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 1/3 GB/FB — 25 of 39 pitches were strikes (64%)
Low-A Charleston was rained out. They’ll play two tomorrow.
Short Season Staten Island had a scheduled off-day.
Rookie Pulaski Game One (3-2 win over Princeton in seven innings)
- CF Estevan Florial: 1-3, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 K — two dingers in his last four games
- SS Wilkerman Garcia, RF Isiah Gilliam & 3B Dermis Garcia: all 0-3 — Gilliam struck out thrice, Dermis twice
- LF Leonardo Molina: 2-3 — hitting .311/.404/.533 in 12 games here
- Rafael Lara: 6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 1 HB, 9/1 GB/FB
Rookie Pulaski Game Two (2-0 loss to Princeton in seven innings)
- DH Estevan Florial, SS Wilkerman Garcia & RF Isiah Gilliam: all 0-3 — Florial struck out once, Gilliam twice … rough doubleheader for Gilliam, huh?
- 3B Dermis Garcia: 1-3, 1 K
- CF Leonardo Molina: 0-2
- RHP Juan Jimenez: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 8/0 GB/FB
Rookie GCL Yanks East (7-0 loss to GCL Blue Jays)
- DH Edel Luaces: 1-4, 2 K
- CF Jordan Scott: 0-4
- RF Brayan Emery: 1-3, 1 K, 1 E (throwing) — 7-for-21 (.333) during his six-game hitting streak
- LF Terrance Robertson: 1-3, 1 K
- 3B Yancarlos Baez: 0-3 — off to a brutal 4-for-34 (.118) start with 14 strikeouts … the Yankees gave him $650,000 back in 2012
- RHP Jairo Garcia: 5 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HB, 7/5 GB/FB, 1 E (throwing) — picked a runner off first
Rookie GCL Yanks West (3-0 win over GCL Pirates)
- CF Blake Rutherford: 0-4, 1 R — this year’s first rounder is 0-for-10 to start his career … another first round bust!
- SS Diego Castillo: 3-4 — hitting .293/.341/.317 with a 13.8% strikeout rate so far
- 3B Nelson Gomez: 0-3, 1 RBI
- 1B Miguel Flames: 0-4, 1 R, 2 K
- DH Juan DeLeon: 1-3, 1 R
- C Algeni Mateo: 2-3, 1 RBI, 1 CS — the 20-year-old backstop is hitting .296/.345/.407
- RHP Alexander Rosario: 6.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HB, 10/1 GB/FB
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